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Broomfield, CO, US

I prepare marketing and communications plans, coordinate large and talented teams, and manage complex strategies across several multi-million dollar programs from the Department of Energy (DOE) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I’m focused on providing technical analysis and modeling to accelerate and optimize clean energy projects in hundreds of.

Greater Denver Area

I managed the communications strategy for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign across the Western U.S., which included day-to-day management of three regional press secretaries and an online media manager. The ultimate goal of the campaign was to help utilities and communities transition their energy generation -- and their economies -- from high cost.

Greater Denver Area

As a press secretary, I focused on coal plant retirements, electric utility planning, and energy legislation throughout Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. My daily work included relationship management with a range of media outlets and reporters, managing digital media campaigns, and preparing content detailing the clean energy transition in.

Washington DC

• The Brookings Institution is the nation's premier independent public policy think tank. As a Communications Advisor, I managed the production and promotion of the Brookings Essay series and advised digital media.
• Developed publication partnerships with outlets including National Journal, Foreign Policy, Quartz, and Newsweek.
• Prepared comprehensive digital outreach strategies that explained complex policy issues in a variety of formats.
• Produced policy videos that appeared in Yahoo Finance, Huffington Post, and CityLab.
• Planned a panel event about advanced nuclear energy at the U.S. Capitol that included policy experts, reporters, and entrepreneurs.

Washington, DC

• As a Program Associate, I advised media and government relations for Brookings' foreign and domestic policy research. Specifically, in this role I:
• Managed the media monitoring and outreach software for Brookings' five research programs.
• Drafted a comprehensive government outreach plan to coordinate the promotions of Brookings' expansive policy research.
• Reviewed all contracts, proposals, and partnerships for conflicts of interest and branding concerns.

Denver, CO

• As a Policy Aide for Denver City Council, I provided policy, communications, and management services for an active and diverse City Council office. My role included:
• Advising the Council on land use, infrastructure, and transportation policy in eastern Denver.
• Coordination of public relations related to the redevelopment of the former University of Colorado Health Sciences Campus.
• Management of constituent relations and maintenance of the database for tracking interactions.
• Management of the office budget and purchasing.

Denver, CO

• As the Campaign Manager, I was in charge of advertising, communications, outreach, fundraising, budgeting, policy research, and scheduling for this competitive campaign for Denver City Council. Here are a few.
• Developed a fundraising campaign that averaged $10,000 in contributions per month.
• Designed an outreach strategy that reached 35,000 voters through a combination of door-to-door canvassing, policy mailers, email, and social media.
• Planned more than 20 campaign events, including the initial campaign launch and celebration events.

Colorado Springs, CO

• Managed voter outreach, fundraising, budgeting, advertising, media relations, and scheduling

Denver, CO

• Drafted policy proposals, served as policy liaison for constituents, managed the campaign's daily news clip service, advised campaign outreach strategy.

• Constituent services and office management

Washington, DC

• Provided research for news segments and served as production assistant for news anchor David Shuster.

Denver, CO

• Maintained the website and performed policy research.

2008 Democratic Convention

Master Of Science (M.Sc.)

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.)

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